Medicine is more merit based?

SincererLove
Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:34:29 +0000

D is a rising CS premed sophomore at Vandy. She never expressed interests in medicine in HS and when she decided to go to Vandy instead of higher ranking schools (U Chicago, MIT, etc), she decided to add premed. So far she is doing great at Vandy and enjoys work life balance and having great GPA. But because of premed classes, she is kinda behind on her CS, but she convinced me that she will be on track by the end of sophomore year. I’d love to play devil’s advocate with her, so I asked her does she like medicine and why she wants to pursue it. She said "I don’t hate anything"and she likes medicine because medicine is more merit based. I am curious to see if you believe that medicine is merit based. I am not sure if I hope she has the conviction, passion and the staying power to go to the doc route. After all, it is a long road and CS can open a lot of doors.